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The Sun, 1943-06-09

1943-06-09-001

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In Our Opinion
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VOL. 20—No. 33
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1943
$2.00 PER YEAli
Robert Smiley Winner of First Bond Quiz Scholarship
College Must Wait; Smiley
to Enter Service in July
Chemistry Holds Chief Interest in Future for Contest Winner; Pirtdue May Be School of Choice After War
How many men have you met who said "I don't know" ?
It takes a lot of courage to profess ignorance—but the bigger
a man is, the more ready he is to admit that he doesn't know
everything.
Too many people today claim exhaustive knowledge.
They are continual critics of everyone around them, of those
2~ in authority, even when' they have elected them,—and they
i% always know just what should have been done under every
circumstance. They have to express aii opinion on each and
every subject.
Must we express an opinion ? Must we always take time
off from important, even if monotonous tasks, to say something? Can't we ever say "I don't know"? Can't we learn to
weigh our words before we speak? If we stopped to consider
what our opinion was worth, there are lots of times when we
wouldn't give it.
It is that habit of ours of always having an opinion that
has been played upon by enemy saboteurs. Our boys have died
in burning oil on the high seas because we must show our
knowledge of sailing ships. Munitions have exploded, shipments been lost or delayed at the cost of lives, all because we
must talk, we must express an ouinion. We could have kept
still or said "I don't know"—but we didn't.
That other saboteur, the propagandist," has also ~used
this habit of ours to further his long range aims. Hasty
speech means generalizations, to cover up the lack of facts.
We have had an opinion that such-and-such a group wasn't
doing its share in the.war. (Fill-in the name with whichever
one you don't like^-the story is always the same, oily the
group is different). We.have cried profiteer at all groups except ihe/oBe^^^iicE^^-ss individuals belong. We,&&ve con*
demned en masse the mistakes of an individual. And what we
have done those like us have done—:which_is..just what the
enemy was after, a division into ^groups of an indivisible nation, y,
M Must we express an opinion ? If we must, then let us not
W~ talk of the things we don't know, of those things on which
we have only opinions and not facts. Let us talk of the things
we do know and believe. Let us express what is our real opinion, the opinion that made our nation, that kept it together
against hardships such as those who complain the most have
never known. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty and «the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." This is the American opinion—let us express it in every
word and deed!
Save Puerto Rico
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There is a bill before Congress to grant independence to
the island of Puerto Rico. Anything that suggests independence for any country today has an appeal, and therein lies
one of the dangers of this proposal. The people of the United
States are totally unfamiliar with Puerto Rico and what it
means to this nation. They do not realize it is a territory of
the United States and can be the 49th state. It is therefore
of the utmost importance that the widest possible understanding of this issue be gained immediately.
Puerto Rico is one of our most important island bases.
It guards the Panama Canal and provides a point from which
we could intercept an enemy attacking our eastern coast.
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There are foreign powers that would like to see Puerto
Rico given so-called independence on the chance they could
gobble it up.
Talk about "freeing" our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico,
99 per cent of whom are citizens of the United States, and 50
per cent of whom are natural born citizens of this country, is
fantastic.
. The representative of Puerfo Rico in our Congress recommends statehood for the island.
It would be costly folly to cast our island possessions
adrift. They are a fortified ring around our nation. They have
real freedom'and protection under our government.
Instead of throwine: Puerto Rico away under a false banner of independence, we would better give it statehood, as
advocated iifboth the .Republican and Democratic national
platforms of 1940, and add a new star to our flag.
The danger of allowing any island outpost of the American continent to fall into the hands of another power is illustrated by our loss of Kiska. N
■f? Sooner Than Expected
. Ever since the war began the question has been asked
"when will it be over?" Up until the great victory in Northern Africa the answer usually given by the best informed
official authorities was that it would not be over this year,,
ahd maybe-.not next year. But some of the world's best inT
formed men s£id within the last week or two: "It will be
sooner tH^ejc^ected.".The first World war stopped so suddenly that itSas^fsopher than expected",by anybody.
He's been interested in chemistry for so long he can't
remember just when it started—so that is the field of work
Robert Smiley will choose to enter when the war is over.
With the quiz contest prize scholarship waiting for him,
there is a likely chance that he will be able to pmfeue that
chosen career.
When asked how he felt about
the contest as it was going along-
all those weeks he admitted with a
smile that he didn't think much
about it—"just went on the air one
week and then forgot about it until the next time," he admitted.
Perhaps it was such casualness
that helped him to overcome those
first few minutes of nervousness
when the program first started last
fall.
But back to the work he has
planned for the future—well, right
now Bob is looking forward to the
army. Already eighteen, he is due
to be inducted in July and from
then on until the end of the war
he isn't going to be doing much
thinking about his own career.
In the army, he'd like to go to
school for a year for special training. He would like to get in the
,signal corns or radio work—radio
has been one of his hobbies — but
he hi readv to take what comes
along and be satisfied.
Bob has always done a great
deal of readinsr—from wild west
stories on up. he will tell you. Airplane books, he mentioned, as some
of those which he enjoys, and
chemistry books, provided there is
something he can learn from them
as he reads:, along. In fact, he likes
them so much that he takes his
own pocket monev to buy them,
instead of depending on school or
library books.
After the war, Purdue is the
school of his choice and research
chemistry his ambition, of course
with a Master's and Doctor's degree at some advanced school.
When asked about the. scholarship test last fall he expressed the
belief that that exam was the most
comprehensive and thorough one
that he- had ever taken. "Proof of
that," he said, "is the fact that the
students who ranked highest in
that also ranked among the top
students in the county in the general scholarship exams held this
spring." Hardest questions in the
quiz programs?— "Well, they are
all hard if you don't know the answers," he observed, "but they got
me on the geography questions
-more than the others."
Bob dates his interest in chemistry back to the time when his father brought home a small chemistry set for him. "I don't remember
whether I asked for it or he just"
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KOBBRT SRJELEY
Courtesy ReDository
Park Theatre
Window Broken
FLAG
PAY
Americans Everywhere to Observe
Flag Day and United Nation's Day
Another plate glass window in
the foyer of the Park Theater on
North Main has been broken, making the fourth window, on the property to have been ruined within recent months.
According- to a statement front
George- Ellis, manager of.-the theater, the person who broke the window is known and unless^he miStes
restitution, a warrant for, *ai5"£st
will~be sworn out against Him.
Mayor Guy Price, 'stated that
when the person is arrested proper
punishment will be given if the
window was intentionally broken.
He has also asked , parents to
watch their children . and warns
them that they are responsible for
their_childj-en's actions.
It is through the courtesy of Mr.
Ellis that bus patrons are allowed
to stand in the foyer of the theater
in stormy weather and mistreatment of this privilege may mean
that they could no. longer stand in
the protection of the building.
Long years ago when Betsy Ross
sewed those first white stars in a
field of blue and took her last few
stitches in the red and white
stripes, she could not have known
or even diearned of the vast regions where that banner would carry the promise of freedom.
■ When she looked at the small,
home made symbol that was to encourage the men of that day, give
them something to carry aloft as
their hope of liberty and a brighter day in the future, she may
have had many visions, but being
a practical lady, it is doubtful if
she had visions broad enough to
see even a fraction of the things
that banner has grown to mean to
all the world.
Next Monday the American people, wherever they may be, will
observe in some small fashion the
recognized birthday of the American flag as it appears today. From
flag poles throughout the nation
and in many places overseas the
bright banner will wave in new
freedom.
Not only wil! eyes lift to it,
floating freely in the summer
breezes, because its colors catch 1
ithe attention, but because it repre-|
-sehts.something,, a. way of life thai
people all over the world are dying
foa \
* Could Betsy Ross know that the
Federal Auto Stamps
on Sale Here Now
red of the stripes she sewed together would reflect not only the
light of the- setting sun across the
broad prairies but the life blood of
countless heroes who died in the
shadow of its folds? Could Betsy
Ross have understood how the deep
blue of the starred field resembled
so closely the blue of the midnight
skies over the vast fields and
mountains and lakes of that country which she barely knew existed
beyond her range of countryside ?
Perhaps not, but she certainly
knew that the white stripes she
wove into the pattern were as
bright and clean as the beginning
of that country she was helping to
build.
No, there were a lot of things
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Local Boy Holds Lead Gained in
Early Part of Race fo Earn Award
Matthews, Blough, Muckley Take Other Scholarship Prizes;
Remaining Contestants Awarded i War Bonds
Federal auto stamps for 1943-4'!
will go on sale in the local postoffice on this Thursday and all mo-
trrists are warned that they must
be placed on the windshield of ev-
e;y automobile by July 1.
The stamps cost $5 for ev.jry
car, regardless of size or make-.
24 Blue Stars on E* Maple St
Leaves Neighborhood Quiet
Fifteen Students
Receive Diplomas
From St. Paul's
<3onrinencement Service Held
Sunday Morning at 8:30
Mass
Fifteen students at St. Paul's
school received their diplomas in
commencement exercises at the
8:30 mass in St.- Paul's church on
Sunday morning.
American 'Legion awards were
given to Albert Herdlick and Mary
Ann Harrison while Rose Marie
Frank received the St. Paul's
school award.
Rev. Raymond Steiger, pastor of
the church, preached a timely sermon on the necessity of a true education. He presented the diplomas
to the students and gave the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Students who received diplomas
were Harold Keller, Albert Herd-
lick, Larry Mason, William Dieble,
Kugene Frank, Howard Clarke,
Robert Weiner, Rose Marie Frank,
Mary Ann Harrison, Geraldine
Kintz, Cecilia Kessler, Mildred
Walker, Jacqueline McDowell,
Helen'Maurer and Wanda Glutting.
Playground Program
io Start Next Monday
High School Girls to Supervise Activities From 9 A.
M. to 12 Noon
Playground supervision for
school children will be started in
North Canton next Monday under
the direction of the Playground association, it was announced Wednesday.
High school girls will be placed
m charge of all activities, including
organized games and sports, at
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The Strange
Things They See
In every community in America
there are numerous men and boys
who have gone out in response to
the call to war. Many are the
homes that count one or twp or
even three son's, or daughters in
the armed forces.
Each home and each community
is justly proud of those men and
women. Proud of the way they
have gone out and proud of the way
they have carried on.
But the neighborhoods at home
are quieter now—there isn't much
noise, as much commotion — and
far less social life than there once
was.
Looking over the record of one
neighborhood in North Canton, o*ne
wonders if there is any social life
left for the young folks—or even
if there are any young folks left.
For along that street there are
twenty-five blue stars hanging in
the windows — and twenty-five
sons and brothers gone off to war.
Down in the Gilbert Ingold home
near the edge of town 6n East
Maple street there are two' blue
stars hanging in the window. Last
October twenty-two-year-old Gilbert Ingold was called into service.
Today he is stationed with the army air force ground crew in New
Jersey, while across the continent
h i s twenty-year-old brother
Earl is in training with the infantry on desert maneuvers. Earl was
inducted last December.
Coming in toward the center of
town, the next blue stars on ** the
same side of the street are hanging in the window of the W. M.
Harding home at 622 East Maple.
Ronald Harding, aged 24, recently
promoted to first lieutenant with
the chemical warfare division of
the army was inducted in July,
1941 and is now stationed in Maryland. His younger brother, twenty-
one-year-old Edwin who left for
service last October, chose the navy
'as his branch and is now serving-as
twenty-year-old Richard and twenty-two-year-old Raymond. Raymond is a member of the U. S.
Marines and has been in service
for. more than a year. Stationed
overseas for many months it is
probable that he has seen action
with the enemy. Richard entered
service this last January and is
now in the bakery division of the
army at Fort Lewis, Wash.
The next stop to visit with a blue
star family would be at the home
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Canning Demonstration
Next Monday Evening
All Victory Gardeners, Housewives Urged to Attend
Meeting
Sound movies in a canning demonstration will be shown at the
Community building Monday evening at 8 o'clock for all victory
gardeners and housewives who are
irteiested in learning new ways of
preserving the foods they are raising this summer.
The movie, "You Can, Too," will
last approximately a half houi.
This outstanding film graphically
describes home canning, depicting
the entire process of canning vegetables and fruits, such as beans,
tomatoes and peaches, using the
common type of cooking by pressure cooker and hot water bath
methods.
The movie is based on the story
of three high school girls and how
they solved their canning problems.
The. information in it was obtained
from thousands of home economists
throughout the states, and it is
authentic in every detail.
Those who attend this meeting,
From the highest ranking senior students in Stark
County, Robert Smiley stood out this week as the winner of
the county scholarship bond quiz program and the recipient
of a $4,000 scholarship to any college or university of his
own choosing. His winning score-stood at 1,178,400 votes.
But because war has interrupted
his educational life, he will not be
able to take advantage of that
scholarship until the victory is won
and he is released from military
service.
His many friends are not surprised that he was the top winner
of the contest, although they did
spend many anxious hours when
the final votes were being counted,
waiting for the results. For they
had given him their loyal support
all the way and had watched him
climb from seventh position to first
in the first few rounds and then
hold the lead the rest of the way.
Robert Matthews, second place
winner in the contest, likewise had
held that position for a number of
weeks. Leading in .the quiz votes at
the conclusion of the contest, he
trailed 170,300 votes behind Smiley
in the final total score. Enlisted in
the naval reserve, Matthews is attending the summer session at
Wooster college in order to get as
much of his education finished as
possible before he enters active
military service. He will receive his
high school diploma from Lehman
high this week. His ambition is to
become- a lawyer.
The two thousand dollar third
prize went to Arthur Blough of
Massillon who has moved in and
out of the upper four positions
throughout the contest. His total
score stood at 976,475 to bring him
the prize. Only sixteen years of
age, he will have an opportunity to
take advantage of his scholarship
award immediately instead of entering military service as the other
two boys must do.
Miss Marian Muckley of Waynes-
"burg, the only girl to.win one of
the scholarships took fourth place
with a-thousand dollar scholarship
with a total score of 968,900 votes."
Daughter of, Mr. and Mrs. M. ,'M.
Muckley, she is interested in - attending Capita! university.
Other students who participated,
in the contest will each ..receive
$200 worth of war bonds. All of
the participants won praise from..
those who conducted the contest,
for their excellent showing. The
fact that very few of them ever
made a perfect score indicated how
difficult some of the questions
were. Douglas Holly of Canal Fulton was the only student to make
two perfect quiz scores during his
seven appearances on the radio.
. The twenty students who participated in the contest were chosen
in an elimination contest for all
county high school seniors held last
September in McKinley high school,
in which approximately 350 students took part.
The contest was conducted by
radio station WHBC to help spur
the sale of war bonds in Stark
county. Sponsored by leading husi- -
ness concerns in the county, the
contest was prepared by the faculty at Western Reserve university.
All questions were prepared by
the faculty members and mailed to
the radio station "oerore each quiz
session on Tuesday evening. Contestants appeared on the radio each •
Tuesday evening during the 35.
week program in groups of four
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North Canton men and women in
military service are scattered
throughout the world, and many of
them are becoming used to strange
sights that would still amaze and
surprise their fiiends and families
back home.
Occasionally they have an opportunity to send home a picture
of the things they have seen.
Carl McKinney, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John McKinney sent the above
picture home recently from his
station somewhere in India where
he has been stationed for many
month?. "The camel, he writes, "is
used for transportation here a
great deal." Apparently it serves
much the same purpose there that
the horse does here for it is pictured here pulling a loaded wagon.
This is only one of the strange
sights he has mentioned in his letters, but it helps to give his friends'
a better picture of the strange
land in which he has suddenly
found himself.
. , -a- „ , , .which is in charge of Miss Madge
a, hospital assistant first . class | Dilts, director of the .Women's
somewhere *in the Pacific area. Branch of Civilian Defense in
: iAt 616 E. Maple the two stars ini North Canton, will- also, receive a
the window represent the two sons) small booklet entitled "How- to
{rf-Jtfr.:' and'* Mrs. Harry Snaith*. I Can'Fruits: and-Vegetables."
Swimming Classes to Start
Next Monday; Pool Open Now
Program Arranged for Children and Adults; Tests Given to Place Swimmers in
Right Classes
* Regular classes at the swimming
pool-wiUjgeti under way next week
after student swimmers have been
classified and. placed in the right
division. Tests are being conducted
this week* to determine the swimming ability of all those who plan
to enter classes for instruction.
Life = saving-.classes -will- be -the*
fust to open the pool at 10:30 a.
m. Those who plan to take this
course must be able to qualify as
"Sharks," that is, to swim _ 440
yards, using at least three different strokes, one of which must be
1O0 yards of the crawl.
Open pool for adults and Hoover
•employees will be held each week
day from 11:30 to 1 o'clock.* Starting at 1:30 the pool will open for
instruction for children. Beginning
swimmers will meet-from 1:30 to
2. o'clock. When- they have com-
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Plenty of Canning
Sugar Available If
Handled Carefully
Applications Taken at Local
Board for Additional Allowances
If Mrs. Housewife uses her canning sugar carefully and follows
[■-rectiens closely she will have
er.Owgh sugar ilrs summer to take
care of her fanily's needs.
According (o the latest information from the local ration board
eiich housewife will be allowed 25
pounds of canning sugar this year
per person in the family.
Ten pounds of this will be available with Stamps 15 and 16 in ration book No. 1 while the additional 15 pounds of sugar may be se-
sured by application to the ration
board.
Application blanks for this additional sugar may be secured from
the ration board or if they have
been clipped from the paper they
may be filled out and mailed in.
Ration Book No. 1 must accompany
the application and it will be re-.
turned with the additional sugar
coupons.
Applications must state, how
much food the housewife plans to
can and she will be allowed one
pound of sugar for each four quarts
of food. If she does not get her
full allowance of sugar in the'first
application, she may apply later
for the rest if- she needs it.
There is-no-deadline for applying
for this sugar and current a'pplica-
'.itaona will be good until next March* ;

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VOL. 20—No. 33
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1943
$2.00 PER YEAli
Robert Smiley Winner of First Bond Quiz Scholarship
College Must Wait; Smiley
to Enter Service in July
Chemistry Holds Chief Interest in Future for Contest Winner; Pirtdue May Be School of Choice After War
How many men have you met who said "I don't know" ?
It takes a lot of courage to profess ignorance—but the bigger
a man is, the more ready he is to admit that he doesn't know
everything.
Too many people today claim exhaustive knowledge.
They are continual critics of everyone around them, of those
2~ in authority, even when' they have elected them,—and they
i% always know just what should have been done under every
circumstance. They have to express aii opinion on each and
every subject.
Must we express an opinion ? Must we always take time
off from important, even if monotonous tasks, to say something? Can't we ever say "I don't know"? Can't we learn to
weigh our words before we speak? If we stopped to consider
what our opinion was worth, there are lots of times when we
wouldn't give it.
It is that habit of ours of always having an opinion that
has been played upon by enemy saboteurs. Our boys have died
in burning oil on the high seas because we must show our
knowledge of sailing ships. Munitions have exploded, shipments been lost or delayed at the cost of lives, all because we
must talk, we must express an ouinion. We could have kept
still or said "I don't know"—but we didn't.
That other saboteur, the propagandist," has also ~used
this habit of ours to further his long range aims. Hasty
speech means generalizations, to cover up the lack of facts.
We have had an opinion that such-and-such a group wasn't
doing its share in the.war. (Fill-in the name with whichever
one you don't like^-the story is always the same, oily the
group is different). We.have cried profiteer at all groups except ihe/oBe^^^iicE^^-ss individuals belong. We,&&ve con*
demned en masse the mistakes of an individual. And what we
have done those like us have done—:which_is..just what the
enemy was after, a division into ^groups of an indivisible nation, y,
M Must we express an opinion ? If we must, then let us not
W~ talk of the things we don't know, of those things on which
we have only opinions and not facts. Let us talk of the things
we do know and believe. Let us express what is our real opinion, the opinion that made our nation, that kept it together
against hardships such as those who complain the most have
never known. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty and «the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." This is the American opinion—let us express it in every
word and deed!
Save Puerto Rico
%>
There is a bill before Congress to grant independence to
the island of Puerto Rico. Anything that suggests independence for any country today has an appeal, and therein lies
one of the dangers of this proposal. The people of the United
States are totally unfamiliar with Puerto Rico and what it
means to this nation. They do not realize it is a territory of
the United States and can be the 49th state. It is therefore
of the utmost importance that the widest possible understanding of this issue be gained immediately.
Puerto Rico is one of our most important island bases.
It guards the Panama Canal and provides a point from which
we could intercept an enemy attacking our eastern coast.
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There are foreign powers that would like to see Puerto
Rico given so-called independence on the chance they could
gobble it up.
Talk about "freeing" our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico,
99 per cent of whom are citizens of the United States, and 50
per cent of whom are natural born citizens of this country, is
fantastic.
. The representative of Puerfo Rico in our Congress recommends statehood for the island.
It would be costly folly to cast our island possessions
adrift. They are a fortified ring around our nation. They have
real freedom'and protection under our government.
Instead of throwine: Puerto Rico away under a false banner of independence, we would better give it statehood, as
advocated iifboth the .Republican and Democratic national
platforms of 1940, and add a new star to our flag.
The danger of allowing any island outpost of the American continent to fall into the hands of another power is illustrated by our loss of Kiska. N
■f? Sooner Than Expected
. Ever since the war began the question has been asked
"when will it be over?" Up until the great victory in Northern Africa the answer usually given by the best informed
official authorities was that it would not be over this year,,
ahd maybe-.not next year. But some of the world's best inT
formed men s£id within the last week or two: "It will be
sooner tH^ejc^ected.".The first World war stopped so suddenly that itSas^fsopher than expected",by anybody.
He's been interested in chemistry for so long he can't
remember just when it started—so that is the field of work
Robert Smiley will choose to enter when the war is over.
With the quiz contest prize scholarship waiting for him,
there is a likely chance that he will be able to pmfeue that
chosen career.
When asked how he felt about
the contest as it was going along-
all those weeks he admitted with a
smile that he didn't think much
about it—"just went on the air one
week and then forgot about it until the next time," he admitted.
Perhaps it was such casualness
that helped him to overcome those
first few minutes of nervousness
when the program first started last
fall.
But back to the work he has
planned for the future—well, right
now Bob is looking forward to the
army. Already eighteen, he is due
to be inducted in July and from
then on until the end of the war
he isn't going to be doing much
thinking about his own career.
In the army, he'd like to go to
school for a year for special training. He would like to get in the
,signal corns or radio work—radio
has been one of his hobbies — but
he hi readv to take what comes
along and be satisfied.
Bob has always done a great
deal of readinsr—from wild west
stories on up. he will tell you. Airplane books, he mentioned, as some
of those which he enjoys, and
chemistry books, provided there is
something he can learn from them
as he reads:, along. In fact, he likes
them so much that he takes his
own pocket monev to buy them,
instead of depending on school or
library books.
After the war, Purdue is the
school of his choice and research
chemistry his ambition, of course
with a Master's and Doctor's degree at some advanced school.
When asked about the. scholarship test last fall he expressed the
belief that that exam was the most
comprehensive and thorough one
that he- had ever taken. "Proof of
that," he said, "is the fact that the
students who ranked highest in
that also ranked among the top
students in the county in the general scholarship exams held this
spring." Hardest questions in the
quiz programs?— "Well, they are
all hard if you don't know the answers," he observed, "but they got
me on the geography questions
-more than the others."
Bob dates his interest in chemistry back to the time when his father brought home a small chemistry set for him. "I don't remember
whether I asked for it or he just"
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KOBBRT SRJELEY
Courtesy ReDository
Park Theatre
Window Broken
FLAG
PAY
Americans Everywhere to Observe
Flag Day and United Nation's Day
Another plate glass window in
the foyer of the Park Theater on
North Main has been broken, making the fourth window, on the property to have been ruined within recent months.
According- to a statement front
George- Ellis, manager of.-the theater, the person who broke the window is known and unless^he miStes
restitution, a warrant for, *ai5"£st
will~be sworn out against Him.
Mayor Guy Price, 'stated that
when the person is arrested proper
punishment will be given if the
window was intentionally broken.
He has also asked , parents to
watch their children . and warns
them that they are responsible for
their_childj-en's actions.
It is through the courtesy of Mr.
Ellis that bus patrons are allowed
to stand in the foyer of the theater
in stormy weather and mistreatment of this privilege may mean
that they could no. longer stand in
the protection of the building.
Long years ago when Betsy Ross
sewed those first white stars in a
field of blue and took her last few
stitches in the red and white
stripes, she could not have known
or even diearned of the vast regions where that banner would carry the promise of freedom.
■ When she looked at the small,
home made symbol that was to encourage the men of that day, give
them something to carry aloft as
their hope of liberty and a brighter day in the future, she may
have had many visions, but being
a practical lady, it is doubtful if
she had visions broad enough to
see even a fraction of the things
that banner has grown to mean to
all the world.
Next Monday the American people, wherever they may be, will
observe in some small fashion the
recognized birthday of the American flag as it appears today. From
flag poles throughout the nation
and in many places overseas the
bright banner will wave in new
freedom.
Not only wil! eyes lift to it,
floating freely in the summer
breezes, because its colors catch 1
ithe attention, but because it repre-|
-sehts.something,, a. way of life thai
people all over the world are dying
foa \
* Could Betsy Ross know that the
Federal Auto Stamps
on Sale Here Now
red of the stripes she sewed together would reflect not only the
light of the- setting sun across the
broad prairies but the life blood of
countless heroes who died in the
shadow of its folds? Could Betsy
Ross have understood how the deep
blue of the starred field resembled
so closely the blue of the midnight
skies over the vast fields and
mountains and lakes of that country which she barely knew existed
beyond her range of countryside ?
Perhaps not, but she certainly
knew that the white stripes she
wove into the pattern were as
bright and clean as the beginning
of that country she was helping to
build.
No, there were a lot of things
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Local Boy Holds Lead Gained in
Early Part of Race fo Earn Award
Matthews, Blough, Muckley Take Other Scholarship Prizes;
Remaining Contestants Awarded i War Bonds
Federal auto stamps for 1943-4'!
will go on sale in the local postoffice on this Thursday and all mo-
trrists are warned that they must
be placed on the windshield of ev-
e;y automobile by July 1.
The stamps cost $5 for ev.jry
car, regardless of size or make-.
24 Blue Stars on E* Maple St
Leaves Neighborhood Quiet
Fifteen Students
Receive Diplomas
From St. Paul's
<3onrinencement Service Held
Sunday Morning at 8:30
Mass
Fifteen students at St. Paul's
school received their diplomas in
commencement exercises at the
8:30 mass in St.- Paul's church on
Sunday morning.
American 'Legion awards were
given to Albert Herdlick and Mary
Ann Harrison while Rose Marie
Frank received the St. Paul's
school award.
Rev. Raymond Steiger, pastor of
the church, preached a timely sermon on the necessity of a true education. He presented the diplomas
to the students and gave the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Students who received diplomas
were Harold Keller, Albert Herd-
lick, Larry Mason, William Dieble,
Kugene Frank, Howard Clarke,
Robert Weiner, Rose Marie Frank,
Mary Ann Harrison, Geraldine
Kintz, Cecilia Kessler, Mildred
Walker, Jacqueline McDowell,
Helen'Maurer and Wanda Glutting.
Playground Program
io Start Next Monday
High School Girls to Supervise Activities From 9 A.
M. to 12 Noon
Playground supervision for
school children will be started in
North Canton next Monday under
the direction of the Playground association, it was announced Wednesday.
High school girls will be placed
m charge of all activities, including
organized games and sports, at
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The Strange
Things They See
In every community in America
there are numerous men and boys
who have gone out in response to
the call to war. Many are the
homes that count one or twp or
even three son's, or daughters in
the armed forces.
Each home and each community
is justly proud of those men and
women. Proud of the way they
have gone out and proud of the way
they have carried on.
But the neighborhoods at home
are quieter now—there isn't much
noise, as much commotion — and
far less social life than there once
was.
Looking over the record of one
neighborhood in North Canton, o*ne
wonders if there is any social life
left for the young folks—or even
if there are any young folks left.
For along that street there are
twenty-five blue stars hanging in
the windows — and twenty-five
sons and brothers gone off to war.
Down in the Gilbert Ingold home
near the edge of town 6n East
Maple street there are two' blue
stars hanging in the window. Last
October twenty-two-year-old Gilbert Ingold was called into service.
Today he is stationed with the army air force ground crew in New
Jersey, while across the continent
h i s twenty-year-old brother
Earl is in training with the infantry on desert maneuvers. Earl was
inducted last December.
Coming in toward the center of
town, the next blue stars on ** the
same side of the street are hanging in the window of the W. M.
Harding home at 622 East Maple.
Ronald Harding, aged 24, recently
promoted to first lieutenant with
the chemical warfare division of
the army was inducted in July,
1941 and is now stationed in Maryland. His younger brother, twenty-
one-year-old Edwin who left for
service last October, chose the navy
'as his branch and is now serving-as
twenty-year-old Richard and twenty-two-year-old Raymond. Raymond is a member of the U. S.
Marines and has been in service
for. more than a year. Stationed
overseas for many months it is
probable that he has seen action
with the enemy. Richard entered
service this last January and is
now in the bakery division of the
army at Fort Lewis, Wash.
The next stop to visit with a blue
star family would be at the home
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Canning Demonstration
Next Monday Evening
All Victory Gardeners, Housewives Urged to Attend
Meeting
Sound movies in a canning demonstration will be shown at the
Community building Monday evening at 8 o'clock for all victory
gardeners and housewives who are
irteiested in learning new ways of
preserving the foods they are raising this summer.
The movie, "You Can, Too," will
last approximately a half houi.
This outstanding film graphically
describes home canning, depicting
the entire process of canning vegetables and fruits, such as beans,
tomatoes and peaches, using the
common type of cooking by pressure cooker and hot water bath
methods.
The movie is based on the story
of three high school girls and how
they solved their canning problems.
The. information in it was obtained
from thousands of home economists
throughout the states, and it is
authentic in every detail.
Those who attend this meeting,
From the highest ranking senior students in Stark
County, Robert Smiley stood out this week as the winner of
the county scholarship bond quiz program and the recipient
of a $4,000 scholarship to any college or university of his
own choosing. His winning score-stood at 1,178,400 votes.
But because war has interrupted
his educational life, he will not be
able to take advantage of that
scholarship until the victory is won
and he is released from military
service.
His many friends are not surprised that he was the top winner
of the contest, although they did
spend many anxious hours when
the final votes were being counted,
waiting for the results. For they
had given him their loyal support
all the way and had watched him
climb from seventh position to first
in the first few rounds and then
hold the lead the rest of the way.
Robert Matthews, second place
winner in the contest, likewise had
held that position for a number of
weeks. Leading in .the quiz votes at
the conclusion of the contest, he
trailed 170,300 votes behind Smiley
in the final total score. Enlisted in
the naval reserve, Matthews is attending the summer session at
Wooster college in order to get as
much of his education finished as
possible before he enters active
military service. He will receive his
high school diploma from Lehman
high this week. His ambition is to
become- a lawyer.
The two thousand dollar third
prize went to Arthur Blough of
Massillon who has moved in and
out of the upper four positions
throughout the contest. His total
score stood at 976,475 to bring him
the prize. Only sixteen years of
age, he will have an opportunity to
take advantage of his scholarship
award immediately instead of entering military service as the other
two boys must do.
Miss Marian Muckley of Waynes-
"burg, the only girl to.win one of
the scholarships took fourth place
with a-thousand dollar scholarship
with a total score of 968,900 votes."
Daughter of, Mr. and Mrs. M. ,'M.
Muckley, she is interested in - attending Capita! university.
Other students who participated,
in the contest will each ..receive
$200 worth of war bonds. All of
the participants won praise from..
those who conducted the contest,
for their excellent showing. The
fact that very few of them ever
made a perfect score indicated how
difficult some of the questions
were. Douglas Holly of Canal Fulton was the only student to make
two perfect quiz scores during his
seven appearances on the radio.
. The twenty students who participated in the contest were chosen
in an elimination contest for all
county high school seniors held last
September in McKinley high school,
in which approximately 350 students took part.
The contest was conducted by
radio station WHBC to help spur
the sale of war bonds in Stark
county. Sponsored by leading husi- -
ness concerns in the county, the
contest was prepared by the faculty at Western Reserve university.
All questions were prepared by
the faculty members and mailed to
the radio station "oerore each quiz
session on Tuesday evening. Contestants appeared on the radio each •
Tuesday evening during the 35.
week program in groups of four
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North Canton men and women in
military service are scattered
throughout the world, and many of
them are becoming used to strange
sights that would still amaze and
surprise their fiiends and families
back home.
Occasionally they have an opportunity to send home a picture
of the things they have seen.
Carl McKinney, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John McKinney sent the above
picture home recently from his
station somewhere in India where
he has been stationed for many
month?. "The camel, he writes, "is
used for transportation here a
great deal." Apparently it serves
much the same purpose there that
the horse does here for it is pictured here pulling a loaded wagon.
This is only one of the strange
sights he has mentioned in his letters, but it helps to give his friends'
a better picture of the strange
land in which he has suddenly
found himself.
. , -a- „ , , .which is in charge of Miss Madge
a, hospital assistant first . class | Dilts, director of the .Women's
somewhere *in the Pacific area. Branch of Civilian Defense in
: iAt 616 E. Maple the two stars ini North Canton, will- also, receive a
the window represent the two sons) small booklet entitled "How- to
{rf-Jtfr.:' and'* Mrs. Harry Snaith*. I Can'Fruits: and-Vegetables."
Swimming Classes to Start
Next Monday; Pool Open Now
Program Arranged for Children and Adults; Tests Given to Place Swimmers in
Right Classes
* Regular classes at the swimming
pool-wiUjgeti under way next week
after student swimmers have been
classified and. placed in the right
division. Tests are being conducted
this week* to determine the swimming ability of all those who plan
to enter classes for instruction.
Life = saving-.classes -will- be -the*
fust to open the pool at 10:30 a.
m. Those who plan to take this
course must be able to qualify as
"Sharks," that is, to swim _ 440
yards, using at least three different strokes, one of which must be
1O0 yards of the crawl.
Open pool for adults and Hoover
•employees will be held each week
day from 11:30 to 1 o'clock.* Starting at 1:30 the pool will open for
instruction for children. Beginning
swimmers will meet-from 1:30 to
2. o'clock. When- they have com-
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Plenty of Canning
Sugar Available If
Handled Carefully
Applications Taken at Local
Board for Additional Allowances
If Mrs. Housewife uses her canning sugar carefully and follows
[■-rectiens closely she will have
er.Owgh sugar ilrs summer to take
care of her fanily's needs.
According (o the latest information from the local ration board
eiich housewife will be allowed 25
pounds of canning sugar this year
per person in the family.
Ten pounds of this will be available with Stamps 15 and 16 in ration book No. 1 while the additional 15 pounds of sugar may be se-
sured by application to the ration
board.
Application blanks for this additional sugar may be secured from
the ration board or if they have
been clipped from the paper they
may be filled out and mailed in.
Ration Book No. 1 must accompany
the application and it will be re-.
turned with the additional sugar
coupons.
Applications must state, how
much food the housewife plans to
can and she will be allowed one
pound of sugar for each four quarts
of food. If she does not get her
full allowance of sugar in the'first
application, she may apply later
for the rest if- she needs it.
There is-no-deadline for applying
for this sugar and current a'pplica-
'.itaona will be good until next March* ;